Pratilipi
Read stories and write your own
Bengaluru, India · Founded 2014 · $92.5M raised
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru
- Employees
- 201–500
- Founded
- 2014
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- pratilipi.com
- Total Funding
- $92.5M
- Last Round
- $20.0M Series EApr 2025
- Rounds
- 4
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
Pratilipi is India's digital storytelling platform that brings writers and readers together in a self-publishing community spanning twelve languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Odia. Founded by Sahradayi Modi, Sankaranaryanan Devarajan, Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, and Ranjeet Pratap Singh, the company exists to democratize literature in regional languages rather than treat publishing as an elitist, English-first industry. Users can write and read short-form and long-form stories, poetry, books, and articles on web and mobile, with the platform reporting more than 2.5 crore readers, 27 lakh stories, and 2.7 lakh writers.
Summary
Pratilipi is a Media company based in Bengaluru, India, founded in 2014. It has raised $92.5M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series E round in Apr 2025. Investors include Jungle Ventures, Krafton and Tencent.
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Funding History
Apr 2025
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Funding: Series B through Series E. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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